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Pat asked: “We are moving part of our business into another building that is about 200 feet away. Wondering if there are any good wi-fi repeaters that will go about 200 feet. Been looking on the Internet and can’t find any help.”
Pat, there are some repeaters that can travel that far if there’s clear line of sight, but as the distance grows things get less and less reliable. Anything in the way, even a small tree, may kill the signal at the other end when long distances are involved.
A better solution for you may be an end to end network with a directional antenna on each building, each pointed straight at the other, with an access point attached to each antenna to put out its own network at that end.
The setup is not as simple, and it will be more expensive, but it also has a much better chance of working.
WiFi is probably not going to be realistic if there are obstructions in the way, and even without them, the signal may pretty difficult to use.